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Ironically,
theRomans
hademployedsome
Germanictribesin
roughly416CE,todrive
outotherGerman
invaders
A NEW ERA ISLAMIC SPAIN THE SPANISH INQUISITION

As the Roman Empire Muslim forces from North Africa quickly In Spain, Inquisitors Estimated numbers for those
declined, Germanic overpowered the Visigoths when they were legally obliged killed during the Inquisition range
invaded Hispania, resulting in the death of to give from
tribes took advantage
Roderic, the last Visigothic ruler. Learning
and invaded Hispania.
flourished under Muslim rule with newly 2,000 300,000
They eventually established libraries and colleges.
conquered the whole and even into the millions
of the peninsula.
The Spanish Inquisition was
The Visigothic king officially abolished in 1834 after
Leovigild established
days notice to the
his new capital in accused so they had 356 YEARS
modern-day Toledo. the chance to confess

507 711 1478

THE GREAT PLAGUE A GOLDEN AGE DAWN OF AN EMPIRE 1492was

During the reign of the After the Emirate of Granada was alsotheyear
An estimated thatColumbusmade
Hapsburg dynasty, beginning conquered by Queen Isabella I of
hisirstjourneytothe
with King Charles I, Spain Castile and King NewWorld,funded
was transformed into the Ferdinand II byIsabellaand
Ferdinand
world’s first global empire with of Spain, the
Spaniards lost their lives
colonisation in the new world Reconquista
and a prosperous trade network. was completed
and Spain was
That The cities of Barcelona and
was Seville lost approximately 1/2 fully unified – a
just of their populations process that
HALF Isabella and
under had begun with

Ferdinand’s

of Spain’s marriage in
8% population 1469.

1596 1516 1492

THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR FRANCOIST SPAIN ROAD TO

An estimated A military dictatorship under General DEMOCRACY
500,000 the Nationalists secured victory in the Before his death, Franco restored
Francisco Franco began in Spain after

the Spanish monarchy and was
Spanish Civil War.
Franco violently
King Juan Carlos
repressed succeeded by
people were killed during the Civil War
political I, marking Spain’s
Around opposition and transition from
a dictatorship
ruled Spain for
100,000 the rest of his to democracy.
Today, Spain has
life, remaining
of those were civilians who today as a a constitutional
were executed controversial monarchy with

were killed by Francoist repression figure in Spanish King Felipe VI on
following the Nationalist victory history. the throne.

1936 1939 1975

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